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DeShawn L Mayo, 21, was found lying in the street in the 600 block of Woodhaven Drive in Richmond, Virginia, in the early evening of January 7, 2012. Though he grew up locally, he was not a current resident, and his family does not know why he was in that neighborhood that night. Witnesses reportedly saw him get into a dark-colored four-door car just before 8 p.m., and a text from his phone at 8:03 p.m. confirmed he was alive then.

A 911 call at 8:47 p.m. reported a person possibly shot in the street. Police and medics found DeShawn unresponsive with significant blood under his head; he had a pulse but later died at the hospital from a gunshot wound. The Richmond Police Department has listed the case as an unsolved homicide and the investigation is in the Virginia Cold Case database. Early tips were received and authorities want to speak with those tipsters again, but no suspects or arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information about DeShawn’s movements that night or remembers the dark-colored four-door car, please contact Richmond police.